Ingenieurinstitut für Astronomische und Physikalische Geodäsie

Mass change in the Earth System

- water storage, sea level, ice sheets, crust-mantle dynamics, and others -

We started a survey on user requirements for future satellite gravity missions and would like users to participate

Abstract

Mass changes on and below the Earth surface, such as from water storage variations, groundwater use, glacier melt, sea level change, earthquakes, among many others, can be observed by satellite gravimetry. 

Since 2002, the GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite gravity missions have been observing changes in the Earth’s gravity field that can be converted to mass changes with an accuracy of 2 cm water equivalent at a spatial resolution of about 300km for monthly data. ESA and NASA are currently planning a double-pair satellite constellation MAGIC (envisaged time frame: 2028-2038), which promises an enhanced spatial and temporal resolution compared to GRACE/-FO. 

After that, e.g. 15 years into the future, the QSG4EMT (Quantum Space Gravimetry for monitoring Earth’s Mass Transport Processes) mission may provide even larger improvements in spatial and temporal resolution of mass change data, significantly expanding the potential range of applications. 

The purpose of this questionnaire is to compile user requirements for such novel mission concepts.

The survey will take approximately 15 minutes.

Das Ingenieurinstitut besteht aus:

Lehrstuhl für Astronomische und Physikalische Geodäsie

Univ.-Prof. Dr.techn. Mag.rer.nat. Roland Pail

Professur für Satellitengeodäsie

Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil.nat. Urs Hugentobler

aktuelle Publikationen

  • Gruber, Th.; Murböck, M.; NGGM-D, Team: e2.motion - Earth System Mass Transport Mission (Square) - Concept for a Next Generation Gravity Field Mission. C.H. Beck, 2014, mehr… BibTeX
  • Schwarz, W.; Ihde, J.; Kusche, J.; Kutterer, H.; Müller, J.; Pail, R.; Schön, S.; Schuh, H.; Seitz, F.: Forschungsvorhaben - Erdmessung und Geodynamik – 17.2. In: Kummer, K.; Kötter, T.; Eichhorn, A. (Hrsg.): Das deutsche Vermessungs- und Geoinformationswesen 2015. Wichmann, 2014, 989-1007 mehr… BibTeX
  • Seitz, M.; Steigenberger, P.; Artz, T.: Consistent Adjustment of Combined Terrestrial and Celestial Reference Frames. Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet, IAG Symposia, Springer, 2014 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Seitz, F.; Hedman, K.; Meyer, F.; Lee, H.: Multi-sensor space observation of heavy flood and drought conditions in the Amazon region. In: Rizos, C.; Willis, P. (Hrsg.): Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet, IAG Symposia. Springer, 2014, 311-318 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Murböck, M.; Pail, R.: Reducing Non-tidal Aliasing Effects by Future Gravity Satellite Formations. In: Rizos, C.; Willis, P. (Hrsg.): Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet, IAG Symposia. Springer, 2014, 407-412 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Kirschner, S.; Seitz, F.: Recursive adjustment approach for the estimation of physical Earth parameters from polar motion. In: Rizos, C.; Willis, P. (Hrsg.): Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet, IAG Symposia. Springer, 2014, 453-460 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Zenner, L.; Bergmann-Wolf, I.; Dobslaw, H.; Gruber, Th.; Güntner, A.; Wattenbach, M.; Esselborn, S.; Dill, R.: Comparison of Daily GRACE Gravity Field and Numerical Water Storage Models for De-aliasing of Satellite Gravimetry Observations. Surveys in Geophysics 2014 (6), 2014, 1251-266 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Peterseim, N.; Schlicht, A.; Flury, J.; Dahle, C.: Identification and Reduction of Satellite-Induced Signals in GRACE Accelerometer Data – 7. In: Flechtner, F.; Sneeuw, N.; Schuh, W. (Hrsg.): Observation of the System Earth from Space - CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE and Future Missions. GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report No. 20. Springer, 2014, 53-61 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Seitz, F.: Geodätische Erdbeobachtungsdaten als Fundament für die Beobachtung und das Verständnis des globalen Wandels. avn - Allgemeine Vermessungs-Nachrichten 05/2014, 2014, 169 mehr… BibTeX Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Hirt, C.; Papp, G.; Pal, A.; Benedek, J.; Szucs, E.: Expected accuracy of tilt measurements on a novel hexapod-based Digital Zenith Camera System – a Monte Carlo simulation study. Measurement Science Technology 25 (085004), 2014 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Hirt, C.; Kuhn, M.: A band-limited topographic mass distribution generates a full-spectrum gravity field – gravity forward modelling in the spectral and spatial domain revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Solid Earth 119 (4), 2014, 3646–3661 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Hirt, C.: GOCE’s view below the ice of Antarctica: Satellite gravimetry confirms improvements in Bedmap2 bedrock knowledge. Geophysical Research Letters 41 (14), 2014, 5021- 5028 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Hirt, C.; Kuhn, M.; Claessens, S.; Pail, R.; Seitz, K.; Gruber, Th.: Study of the Earth׳s short-scale gravity field using the ERTM2160 gravity model. Computers & Geosciences 73, 2014, 71-80 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Horbach, André; Bunge, Hans-Peter; Oeser, Jens: The adjoint method in geodynamics: derivation from a general operator formulation and application to the initial condition problem in a high resolution mantle circulation model. GEM - Int. J. Geomathematics 5 (2), 2014, 163--194 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Liang, W.; Erdogan, E.; Limberger, M.; Schmidt, M.; Dettmering, D.; Hugentobler, U.; Durmaz, M.: Multi-scale ionosphere model with data-adapted spatial resolution. 2014 XXXITH URSI General Assembly and Sciencifig Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 mehr… BibTeX
  • TWANGS High-Frequency Disturbing Signals in 10 Hz Accelerometer Data of the GRACE Satellites. iapg6767004 (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX
  • Impact of non-conservative force modeling on GNSS satellite orbits and global solutions. iapg7117663 (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX
  • Kodet, J.; Plötz, Chr.; Schreiber, U.: Co-location of space geodetics techniques in Space and on the ground. In: , 2013 mehr… BibTeX
  • Zhu, C.; Bamann, C.; Henkel, P.; Günther, C.: Common Field-of-View of Cameras in Robotic Swarms. Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2013), 2013 mehr… BibTeX
  • Balss, U.; Gisinger, C.; Cong, X. Y.; Eineder, M.; Fritz, T.; Breit, H.; Brcic, R.: GNSS Based Signal Path Delay and Geodynamic Corrections for Centimeter Level Pixel Localization with TerraSAR-X. 2013 mehr… BibTeX
  • Schmit, Michael; Magnard, C.; Stanko, S.; Ackermann, C.; Stilla, U.: Advanced High Resolution SAR Interferometry of Urban Areas with Airborne Millimetrewave Radar. PFG Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung, Geoinformation Jahrgang 2013 Heft 6, 2013 mehr… BibTeX
  • Lenaerts, J. T. M.; Van Meijgaard, E.; Van den Broeke, M. R.; Ligtenberg, S. R. M.; Horwath, M.; Isaksson, E.: Recent snowfall anomalies in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, in a historical and future climate perspective. Geophysical Research Letters, 2013 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Fecher, T.; Pail, R.; Gruber, T.: Global gravity field modeling based on GOCE and complementary gravity data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2013 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Dach, R.; Schaer, S.; Lutz, S.; Meindl, M.; Bock, H.; Orliac, E.; Prange, L.; Thaller, D.; Mervart, L.; Jäggi, A.; Beutler, G.; Brockmann, E.; Ineichen, D.; Wiget, A.; Weber, G.; Habrich, H.; Söhne, W.; Ihde, J.; Steigenberger, P.; Hugentobler, U.: Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE). Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2013, mehr… BibTeX
  • Montenbruck, O.; Steigenberger, P.; Khachikyan, R.; Weber, R.; Langley, R.B.; Mervart, L.; Hugentobler, U.: IGS-MGEX: Preparing the Ground for Multi-Constellation GNSS Science. 4th International Colloquium Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, ESA, 2013 mehr… BibTeX